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PANZERDIVISION HITLERJUGEND - TOME 1 - VOLUME 1 - Belgium... PANZERDIVISION HITLERJUGEND - TOME 1 - VOLUME 1 - Belgium... 2
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PANZERDIVISION HITLERJUGEND - TOME 1 - VOLUME 1 - Belgium France

L20210081
€56.87
This first part of Volume 1 reviews the histories of the divisional formations (Divisions-Stab, SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.25, SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.26, SS-Pz.Pi.Btl.12, SS-Pz.Aufkl.Abt.12, SS-Pz.Art.Rgt.12, SS-Flak-Abt.12, SS-Pz.Nachr.Abt.12), from their establishment in summer 1943 in Flanders through to June 1944 in Normandy.
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PANZERDIVISION HITLERJUGEND - TOME 1 - VOLUME 2 -... PANZERDIVISION HITLERJUGEND - TOME 1 - VOLUME 2 -... 2
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PANZERDIVISION HITLERJUGEND - TOME 1 - VOLUME 2 - INVASIONSFRONT

L20210080
€61.61
Discover the true history of the 12.SS-Panzerdivision "Hitlerjugend" during the fighting in Normandy! After several decades of research and with the help of more than a hundred veterans of the Division, the author presents this second part of Volume 1, devoted to the commitment of the Division's combat units in June 1944: SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.25,...
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THE SILENT ATTACK: THE CAPTURE OF THE BELGIAN BRIDGES AT... THE SILENT ATTACK: THE CAPTURE OF THE BELGIAN BRIDGES AT... 2
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THE SILENT ATTACK: THE CAPTURE OF THE BELGIAN BRIDGES AT VELDWEZELT, VROENHOVEN AND...

L20210079
€42.65
The most celebrated and audacious attack of the Second World War: the capture of the Belgian fort of Eben-Emael on 10 May 1940 by German parachute troops. This operation saw for the first time the use of gliders and hollow charges, while simultaneously demonstrating the possibility of dropping paratroopers behind enemy lines, in true commando fashion.
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NOUS, LES BARBARES - 10.SS-PANZERDIVISION "FRUNDSBERG" NOUS, LES BARBARES - 10.SS-PANZERDIVISION "FRUNDSBERG" 2
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NOUS, LES BARBARES - 10.SS-PANZERDIVISION "FRUNDSBERG"

L20210078
€17.06
OUT OF PRINT The military history of the Second World War is increasingly focused on individual destinies and the daily lives of soldiers. With the inexorable passing of witnesses from that era, a part of their lived experience also disappears — so many pages of history that should lead us to reflect on our good fortune in knowing peace. Through a chance...
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Les Francs-Tireurs 1870-1871 Les Francs-Tireurs 1870-1871 2
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Les Francs-Tireurs 1870-1871

L20210077
€18.96
Francs-Tireurs 1870-1871 A recurring theme whenever one examines the War of 1870, the francs-tireurs remain among the most representative figures of the conflict. For some, they embody the missed opportunity of an unconventional war of skirmishes, in which intelligently led units might have excelled. For others, they personify the illusions of a very...
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THE E-PROGRAMME TANKS - The Last-Chance Panzers
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THE E-PROGRAMME TANKS - The Last-Chance Panzers

L20210076
€28.34
In the minds of industrialists and Hitler alike, if the Third Reich was to hold its own against its adversaries, it had to win the battle of innovation by producing equipment so superior that it would have no rivals on the battlefield and that the balance would once again tip in its favour. With numerical superiority firmly on the side of the United...
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The Messerschmitt Bf 109 - Identification Guide Volume 1
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The Messerschmitt Bf 109 - Identification Guide Volume 1

L20210075
€37.82
New Edition - April 2021 Built in nearly 33,675 examples, the Messerschmitt Bf 109 remains to this day a source of fascination, both for aviation enthusiasts and devotees of contemporary military history. This aircraft symbolises as much the power and superiority of the Luftwaffe during the early years of the war as the ferocity of the aerial battles...
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132a Divisione Corazzata ARIETE
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132a Divisione Corazzata ARIETE

L20210074
€23.60
Second edition - April 2021 The Ariete Division is without doubt the best-known unit of the Italian Royal Army, the Regio Esercito, to have fought during the Second World War. The spearhead of Italian forces in North Africa, its name remains associated with the victories of the Afrika-Korps and the battles that punctuated operations in Libya and Egypt...
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THE WINGS OF HOPE VOL. 1 - ANGELS
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THE WINGS OF HOPE T1 - ANGELS

L20220198
€13.74
1940… At the heart of the Battle of Britain, is there any room for feelings? Vic Stone, an ace of the British air force, plays an active role in the island's defence against German attacks. Alongside his comrades, he risks his life in the skies day after day, where every mission could be the last. As despair gradually takes hold of the young man in the...
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The Maginot Line - Design, Construction, Fate
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The Maginot Line - Design, Construction, Fate

L20210071
€18.96
The Maginot Line is the third French fortified system. While its construction is explained by the prevailing context of the interwar period, it is also explained by a centuries-old pattern of behaviour aimed at securing French borders.
THE MERCENARIES' REVOLT. CONGO 1965-1968 THE MERCENARIES' REVOLT. CONGO 1965-1968 2
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THE MERCENARIES' REVOLT. CONGO 1965-1968

L20210070
€20.85
More than fifty years after Joseph-Désiré Mobutu's rise to power in the Congo, it is time to take a clear-eyed look at that era and to try to understand the role of each party — and especially of the mercenaries — in this page of history of which only the scattered ashes of memory will remain. Drawing on their lived experiences and official documents, the...
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Grand Illustrated Book of the Gardien de la Paix Uniform... Grand Illustrated Book of the Gardien de la Paix Uniform... 2
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Grand Illustrated Book of the Gardien de la Paix Uniform and Its History

L20210069
€37.87
Rediscover the great chapters of French history through the evolution of the gardien de la paix and his uniforms, from 1829 — the year the world's first uniformed police force was created — to the present day. By the very nature of their profession, the gardiens de la paix found themselves at the heart of our history; they took part in it, often out of...
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Normandy Ghosts - Photos of Yesterday & Today Normandy Ghosts - Photos of Yesterday & Today 2
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Normandy Ghosts - Photos of Yesterday & Today

L20210068
€7.11 €14.22
The photographic technique of superimposing two identical images taken at two different periods is fairly widespread and visible on the web today, but is rarely published. It seemed fitting to use it to evoke the history of 1944, whose traces are visible everywhere in the Normandy we know today. Without following a "classic" account of the Battle of...
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Sainte-Mère-Église - The 82nd Airborne Division Sainte-Mère-Église - The 82nd Airborne Division 2
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Sainte-Mère-Église - The 82nd Airborne Division

L20210067
€18.96
This book, containing more than 200 photographs and numerous first-hand accounts, will plunge you back into the heart of the fierce fighting waged by American paratroopers to liberate and hold Sainte-Mère-Église and its surroundings. It will take you through the extraordinary history of the creation of the American airborne arm and the epic of the...
U-BOOTE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN - VOLUME 2, June 1943 –...
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U-BOOTE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN - VOLUME 2, June 1943 – September 1944 – Facing the Allied...

L20210066
€51.18
The story of the 62 U-Boote that fought in the Mediterranean With the Allies having taken control of the whole of North Africa in May 1943, the mission of the U-Boote in the Mediterranean changed. Henceforth, they were to protect "Fortress Europe" against the forthcoming Allied landings. Five submarines set out against the Allied landing in Sicily in July...
THE "Sample" BATTLESHIPS. Volume 02: Jauréguiberry,...
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THE "Sample" BATTLESHIPS. Volume 02: Jauréguiberry, Bouvet, Masséna and Henri IV

L20210065
€52.13
In the first volume of this work, our study covered the genesis of the French armoured fleet in the period between the war of 1870 and the Fashoda Crisis on the one hand, and on the other the history of the first three battleships of this so-called "sample" fleet: the Brennus, Carnot and Charles Martel. With this second volume, we study the last three...
MEDIEVAL COSTUME FROM 1320 TO 1480
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MEDIEVAL COSTUME FROM 1320 TO 1480

L20210061
€39.81
Published in 2008, Medieval Costume from 1320 to 1480 by Florent Véniel quickly became a reference work on this period. Now out of print, it is at last being reissued. Since its first publication, knowledge of medieval costume has advanced. New researchers have emerged, new studies and fundamental texts have been published… Not to mention recent...
MAY–JUNE 40, the Invader's Gaze — Unpublished German... MAY–JUNE 40, the Invader's Gaze — Unpublished German... 2
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MAY–JUNE 40, the Invader's Gaze — Unpublished German Photographs of the Debacle

L20210060
€23.70
The present work revisits the German perspective on the Battle of France of May–June 1940. Unprecedented, drawn from a private collection of more than 2,000 photographs, this book presents essentially "private" images, in the sense that they were taken by the soldiers themselves as "souvenirs" to bring home — in which respect they fulfil the same role as...
Civil and Military Architecture from the Middle Ages to...
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Civil and Military Architecture from the Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century

L20210059
€32.23
Civil and Military Architecture is a pioneering work of the nineteenth century, one of the very first to classify manor houses, house façades and fortified castles, and to organise the history of architecture into chronological periods. Turning the pages amid the ever-present illustrations, the reader travels through the history of France and perceives...
Torpedoes
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Torpedoes

L20210058
€18.01
In this work, Eugène Hennebert, a retired lieutenant-colonel of the Engineers, traces the history of torpedoes from antiquity — including certain forms of Greek fire — through to his own era, with the first torpedo boats and submarines. With the aid of numerous illustrations, he describes the various models invented, the means of deploying them and the...
Cooking and Eating in the Middle Ages — History, Produce,... Cooking and Eating in the Middle Ages — History, Produce,... 2
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Cooking and Eating in the Middle Ages — History, Produce, Techniques and Recipes

L20210057
€14.12
Discover the story of Taillevent and his celebrated book, le Viandier, that of the master cook Chiquart, or that of the Mesnagier de Paris and many other culinary works. Then reinvent the galimafrée, savour a brouet, and taste the unmissable blanc-manger with red fruits! Travel to the heart of medieval cuisine through the pages of this work with its...
"You Are My Soldiers" — The Aquitanians of Napoleon III
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"You Are My Soldiers" — The Aquitanians of Napoleon III

L20210055
€8.48 €16.97
It was thus that the future Napoleon III concluded his "discours de Bordeaux" on 9 October 1852. And these "soldiers" upon whom he would rely were the architects of the political, social and economic transformation of France. Among them, many Aquitanians — whether politicians such as the Bordelais Mocquard, the Périgourdin Pierre Magne or the Pyrénéen...
Rouen 1940–1945: Through the Years of Occupation
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Rouen 1940–1945: Through the Years of Occupation

L20210053
€25.59
When a passionate local historian meets someone who loves the city where he grew up, it inevitably ends in an exchange of stories and anecdotes. But when both share a passion for historical photographs, it draws them even closer together, and projects begin to take shape. Thierry Chion and Jonathan Sobielga share a love of photographic testimony depicting...
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